Simultaneous optogenetic stimulation of individual pharyngeal neurons and monitoring of feeding behavior in intact C. elegans

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1327, Issue , 2015, Pages 105-119

  Trojanowski, Nicholas F ^a   Fang Yen, Christopher ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

C. elegans; Feeding behavior; In vivo optogenetics; Optogenetics; Pharynx; Small circuits

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ILLUMINATION; IMMOBILIZATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLE; PHARYNGEAL NEURON; PHARYNX; STIMULUS; ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NEURONS; OPTOGENETICS;

EID: 84942866277     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2842-2_9     Document Type: Chapter

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